Synonyms of tad

tad

noun

ˈtad 

1

as in bit

a very small amount

there's more than just a tad of hyperbole in the critics' praise for the promising young pianist

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bit
• little
• sprinkling
• splash
• glimmer
• hint
• shred
• touch
• speck
• lick
• smidge
• dab
• spark
• trace
• handful
• particle
• mite
• smidgen
• smidgeon
• smack
• ounce
• smidgin
• skosh
• ray
• streak
• dram
• suspicion
• sliver
• smell
• pinch
• spatter
• crumb
• scintilla
• peanuts
• shade
• minimum
• strain
• nip
• bite
• dash
• scruple
• fleck
• soupçon
• ace
• portion
• drop in the bucket
• spot
• drop
• shadow
• dose
• grain
• snap
• taste
• driblet
• part
• whit
• molecule
• iota
• modicum
• jot
• syllable
• section
• dot
• semblance
• vestige
• mote
• atom
• tittle
• patch
• nibble
• minim
• fragment
• granule
• hoot
• scrap
• morsel
• smattering
• scattering
• flyspeck
• nubbin
• flake
• shiver
• splinter
• smatter
• tatter
• paring
• clipping
• chip
• shard
• smithereens
• shaving
• shot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lot
• plenty
• quantity
• loads
• pile
• mess
• mountain
• heaps
• mass
• barrel
• abundance
• bucket
• deal
• stack
• bundle
• bushel
• wealth
• raft
• wad
• profusion
• volume
• peck
• boatload
• oodles
• much
• gobs
• scads
• fistful
• passel
• reams
• excess
• lashings
• surplus
• overkill
• potful
• overmuch
• overflow
• embarrassment
• overabundance
• lashins
• surfeit
• bonanza
• superabundance
• superfluity
• overage
• oversupply
• slab
• chunk
• lump
• hunk

2

as in boy

a male person who has not yet reached adulthood

grandfather never tires of telling us about the days when he was just a tad

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boy
• kid
• teenager
• lad
• boychik
• adolescent
• callant
• laddie
• toddler
• nipper
• stripling
• boychick
• sonny
• shaver
• shaveling
• boyo
• kiddy
• youth
• juvenile
• minor
• tike
• tween
• kiddo
• kiddie
• youngster
• moppet
• whippersnapper
• urchin
• hobbledehoy
• imp
• youngling
• tyke
• guttersnipe
• tot
• gamin
• squirt
• schoolboy
• mama's boy

Examples of tad in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Even our protagonist could use a tad more detailing. —Dennis Harvey, Variety, 17 Sep. 2024

Had July been a tad hotter, the planet could have laid claim to a 14-month streak of such threshold-passing temperatures. —Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 13 Sep. 2024

The interest rate for a Direct PLUS Loan disbursed between July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025 is fixed at 9.08% for the entire term — a tad higher than the current 8.52% home equity loan average. —Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2024

The Diamond data showed little improvement in representation, with South Asians off-screen nudging up a tad to 2.6% and on-screen holding steady at 4.9% – figures that have barely improved since before the pandemic. —Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2024

Phrases Containing tad

• a tad